Patient safety

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8 January 2007

Lord Hunt returns as NHS IT minister

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath is back at the Department of Health and will be taking ministerial responsibility again for
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22 December 2006

iPod access to health records launched in US

New software called HealthFrame 2.1 has been launched in the US allowing patients to access their personal health records using an
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5 December 2006

Heartlands uses RFID for patient identification

The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Safe Surgery Systems Ltd a contract to supply a Radio Frequency
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14 November 2006

Euroking’s new maternity goes live at Heart of England

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital trust to go live with EuroKing Miracle’s E3 third
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10 November 2006

NPSA issues spec for electronic blood tracking

The National Patient Safety Agency has unveiled new measures to help improve the safety of blood transfusions, including the initial
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26 October 2006

Border control

Neil Versel finds out what barriers still need to be overcome before electronic health record sharing becomes common between European
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16 October 2006

Europe’s citizens must be engaged on e-health

Efforts to increase the levels of ICT in healthcare will not succeed if average citizens are not involved in discourse about
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31 August 2006

Smart sponges to reduce surgical accidents in US

A new barcode system used on surgical sponges will be trialled by the Veterans’ Administration West Los Angeles Health Care
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29 August 2006

London Ambulance computer crashes nine times

London Ambulance Service 999 emergency operators have been forced to manually write down emergency details and alert paramedics by radio,
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21 August 2006

NI to link barcodes on prescriptions to EPRs

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland has announced it has signed a £6.8m contract
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